The study's goals were to determine prescription trends for oral hypoglycemic medications in type 2 diabetic patients at a university hospital, as well as to assess patient adherence to the therapy.
A prospective,
observational, and non-comparative study was done over a six-month period at a
university hospital in New Delhi, India. This study comprised 200 type 2
diabetes patients that were registered. Following the physician's consultation,
the prescriptions were evaluated, and the patients were interviewed. The data
was collected using a custom-designed proforma.
Findings of
importance: Females made up more than half of a group of 200 type 2 diabetes
(53 percent ). The average age and BMI of the patients were 50.4 11.7 years old
and 25.8 4.4 kg/m2, respectively. A total of 432 OHAs were prescribed to the
patients. With a p-value of 0.0001, combination therapy was prescribed to a
considerably higher proportion of patients (71.5 percent). Biguanides were the
most popular class, followed by sulfonylureas, thiazolidinediones, and
glucosidase inhibitors. Only 77.5 percent of the patients adhered to the
treatment plan. Metformin was found to be the most often prescribed drug.
Author(S) Details
Md. Shamshir Alam
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana-133207, Ambala, India and Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdard University, New Delhi-110062, India.
Manish Kumar Maity
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana-133207, Ambala, India.
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